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Biometric Monitoring Device with Heart Rate Measurement Activated by a Single User-Gesture

US 9,049,998 In force
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Term ends Jun 24, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Fitbit, Inc.
Filed Jan 13, 2014 as application 14/154,019 · Granted Jun 9, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2013
Term ends
Jun 24, 2033
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
base term fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
61
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 24, 2013, when application 13/924,784, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 2014)Jun 24, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 24, 2033High confidence

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US 8,954,135In force
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Application 14/045,563Abandoned
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US 9,026,927In force
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US 9,596,990In force
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US 9,603,524In force
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US 9,049,998this patent
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8 of 61 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 13, 2014
Reel 31955, frame 674
Brumback, Christine Boomer; Myers, Nicholas Adrian; Yuen, Shelten Gee Jao; Park, James; Diemer, Todd SuthamFitbit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 13, 2014
Reel 33532, frame 27
Fitbit, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 15, 2014
Reel 33546, frame 670
Fitbit, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 11, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Fitstar, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 11, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Fitbit, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 11, 2015
Reel 37269, frame 76
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Fitstar, Inc.; Fitbit, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 15, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentFitstar, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 15, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentFitbit, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 15, 2015
Reel 37300, frame 497
Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentFitstar, Inc.; Fitbit, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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